[2] The Yellow House chronicles Broom's family (mapping back approximately 100 years), her life growing up in New Orleans East, and the eventual demise of her beloved childhood home after Hurricane Katrina.

At its core, the book examines race, class, politics, family, trauma, and inequality in New Orleans and America.

[6] On November/December 2019 issue of Bookmarks, the book received (4.0 out of 5) stars, with the critical summary saying, "Her memoir, which "reads as elegy and prayer" (NPR), is a future classic in the making".

[7] In a pre-publication review, Dwight Garner of the New York Times wrote, "This is a major book that I suspect will come to be considered among the essential memoirs of this vexing decade.

[11] and Kirkus Reviews[12] Quoting the book itself, Kirkus Reviews opined that The Yellow House reflected the author's attempt "to reckon with 'the psychic cost of defining oneself by the place where you are from,'" adding that "Broom's lyrical style celebrates her family bonds, but a righteous fury runs throughout the narrative at New Orleans' injustices, from the foundation on up.